This month, seven projects across five UMB schools were awarded funding for projects through the President's Global Impact Fund (PGIF).

Managed by the Center for Global Engagement, PGIF provides initial support for transformative initiatives that develop cross-campus and international collaborations and enhance UMB's global engagement and reach.

Look for profiles on each awardee and their project in upcoming newsletters. This year's funded projects are:

Oluremi Adejumo, DNP, MS, RN, FIAAN, Assistant Professor, School of Nursing

Project: Diabetes Prevention Translation: Integrated Nurse-Led Peer-Facilitated Healthy Lifestyle Controlled Study in a North Central Nigeria Tertiary Hospital

Location: Nigeria

Peter G. Danchin, JSD, Director of the International and Comparative Law Program, Carey School of Law

Project: UMB Consortium on Comparative Constitutional Democracy

Locations: Herzliya, Israel; Milan, Italy; & Cape Town, South Africa

Emily Heil, PharmD, MS, Associate Professor of Practice, Sciences, and Heath Outcomes Research at UM School of Pharmacy

Project: Establishing a sustainable rotation exchange between UMSOP and UNZA

Location: Zambia

Aarani Kandeepan, MD, Pediatric Critical Care Fellow at UM Medical Center

Project: Establishing a Low Fidelity Simulation Curriculum in Resource Limited Areas to Improve Acute Patient Care in Lusaka

Location: Zambia

Charlotte Nwogwugwu, DrPH, BSN, RN, HIV PCP, CPH-BC, Assistant Professor, School of Nursing

Project: Integrating mental health care in HIV programs in Imo State using a collaborative care model

Location: Nigeria

George Jay Unick, PhD, MSW, Associate Professor, School of Social Work

Project: Development of a Neurodevelopmental Ecological Screening and Referral mHealth Tool to Link Children and Families to Behavioral Health Care

Location: Peru

Lynn Murphy Michalopoulos, PhD, School of Social Work

Project: Climate Change and Mental Health Outcomes among Migrant Fisherfolk

Location: Zambia

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